Bamboo Aficionado

I'm not sure when his love affair with that giant grass, bamboo, began. Perhaps it was in his childhood backyard in Hawthorne. A trip to San Diego warranted another visit to the Quail Botanical Garden in Encinas. A year ago February, we came for a premier visit right after a record freeze. He claimed that we needed to see if the frozen plants had recovered. But I knew the real reason for our trip. He missed the bamboo garden. He wanted a picture of himself in front of that giant bamboo plant in the background.

He also wanted to show off this giant bamboo.

He needed a second shot up close to show the correct perspective.

And then there was the bamboo bench.

And one of the variegated bamboo.

Need more bamboo? Just come visit and gaze at the bamboo fencing on the back wall behind the pool. Or ask him about his black bamboo. He will gladly relate its history and take you out on the street side to show it to you up close and personal.

By the way, the gardens were fully recovered from the record cold. I'll bring you "Blooms from Quail" another time.